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LDD(1)                  NetBSD General Commands Manual                  LDD(1)


NAME

     ldd - list dynamic object dependencies


SYNOPSIS

     ldd [-f format] program ...


DESCRIPTION

     ldd displays all shared objects that are needed to run the given program.
     Contrary to nm(1), the list includes ``indirect'' dependencies that are
     the result of needed shared objects which themselves depend on yet other
     shared objects.  Zero, one or two -f options may be given. The argument
     is a format string passed to rtld(1) and allows customization of ldd's
     output.  See rtld(1) for a list of recognized conversion characters.


SEE ALSO

     ld(1), ld.elf_so(1), ld.so(1), nm(1)


HISTORY

     A ldd utility first appeared in SunOS 4.0, it appeared in its current
     form in NetBSD 0.9A.


BUGS

     The a.out ldd actually runs the program it has been requested to analyze
     which in specially constructed environments can have security implica-
     tions.

NetBSD 2.0                      April 19, 2003                      NetBSD 2.0